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The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Education, to be Disbursed in 2022

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01/12/2022

... New Grants to Support Jewish Education, to be Disbursed in 2022 New York – Jan. 12, 2022 – The Covenant ... the newest and most exciting ideas in Jewish education. “ We are profoundly...

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Open Society Foundation-funded Report Finds Bias Warps the Way African-American Girls are Treated at School

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11/06/2015

... Girls are Treated at School Our education system is a reflection of our society, along with all of its ... biases, belief systems, and norms. African-American girls in school encounter race and gender biases,...

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NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care

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03/01/2016

NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care Ana Rodriguez was thrilled ... York, which had a more accessible public transportation system , and where, thanks to a New York court ruling, she...

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Schott Foundation CEO John H. Jackson Named by EBONY Magazine One Of 100 Inspiring Leaders

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11/13/2017

... as a Community Crusader for his work as a strategic leader in philanthropy and a staunch advocate for public school ... will join a star-studded cast of honorees on December 1st in Los Angeles, CA including...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly

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07/27/2018

... effective August 1, 2018. Cohen is a research professor in the Markets, Public Policy, and Law Department of the ... and professor of health law, policy, and management in the Boston University School of...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Joins Black Foundation Executives In Sharing Grief Over Police Shootings

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07/08/2016

Atlantic Philanthropies Joins Black Foundation Executives In Sharing Grief Over Police Shootings Just hours before five police officers were gunned down in the streets of Dallas, black foundation and nonprofit...

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

... A memorial to black lynching victims. The nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in the state capital of Montgomery devoted to 4,075 blacks its research shows were killed by...

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Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala

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05/12/2017

... marked 25 years of fighting to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, ... philanthropy figures who have led the charge for education justice . Among them was noted civil...

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting

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06/05/2017

Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In -Depth International Reporting Foreign news bureaus once ... have closed, leaving emerging journalists on their own in a more dangerous world. Enter...

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’s clear ... that would only further marginalize women at greatest risk in the current political environment and who have long been ... the...

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Ms. Foundation Returns to Martha’s Vineyard

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08/07/2017

... event brings together individuals passionate and fearless in their support for gender equity and social justice , especially in the areas of women’s economic security and advancement, ...

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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

... will be a foundation for a future career. Carpenter is one in an army of social justice change agents that the Baltimore office of the Open ... city for the last 20 years. He says when he returned home...

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Standing Up For Housing Equality

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09/13/2017

... The racial debate raged 367 miles away from Long Island in Charlottesville, VA, on Saturday, Aug. 12, making national headlines and ending in deadly violence as a result of white nationalists, ... of working...

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Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

... and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund In 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG), a social justice -focused membership organization of community ... power structures and put decisions about local...

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Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans

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01/05/2018

... Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans Points on a large "resistance map" in the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design ... exhibit, Sites of Resistance...

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Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society

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02/01/2018

... was the co-director of Southerners on New Ground, a social justice advocacy organization supporting LGBTQ people in the US South. Prior to that she coordinated the Southern ... Research and Education Center...

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

... Program, effective December 3. Jones is a social justice scholar, educator, advocate, and author, focusing on U.S. urban policy, immigration, and workers’ rights. In addition, she has taught comparative urban...

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Passing the Baton: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* In 2020 the National Center for Family Philanthropy will ... family philanthropy, and the continuing role NCFP can play in thought leadership,...

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Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List

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03/21/2022

... of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List In August, Kathy Hochul was sworn in as New York’s 57th ... that honor the...

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